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Hacker News MCP Server
MCPOpen SourceMIT37.1
by devabdultech • Documentation & Docs
Exposes Hacker News stories, comments, user profiles, and search through the Model Context Protocol for LLMs and agent clients.
Example Use Cases
- 1
Search Hacker News stories and comments programmatically to surface relevant discussion threads for summarization or analysis.
- 2
Fetch full stories with nested comment trees to provide context-aware answers or to generate conversation summaries.
- 3
User profile and submission data to build user-centric views or trace discussion histories on Hacker News.
Description
This MCP server provides programmatic, real-time access to Hacker News data using the official Hacker News API and Algolia's HN Search API. It supports searching stories and comments, fetching story lists by type (top, new, best, ask, show, job), returning full stories with nested comment threads, and retrieving user profiles and submissions. It is designed to integrate Hacker News content into LLM workflows (e.g., Claude, Cursor) via the MCP, enabling richer context and retrieval for agents and assistants.
Capabilities(9 total)
Tools (9)
search
Search for stories and comments on Hacker News
query:string*type:stringpage:numberhitsPerPage:number
getStory
Get a single story by ID
id:number*
getStoryWithComments
Get a story with its comments
id:number*
getStories
Get multiple stories by type (top, new, best, ask, show, job)
type:string*limit:number
getComment
Get a single comment by ID
id:number*
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Security
Scanned 3 month(s) agoRisk Level
MINIMAL
Read-only data retrieval, no side effects
Trust Score
C62/100
11/17 checks passed
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Quick Stats
Service TypeMCP
Pricing ModelUnknown
Capabilities9 Tools / 0 Prompts / 0 Resources
Ownerdevabdultech
CategoryDocumentation & Docs
DependenciesStandalone
Tags
NewsCommentsContextProfiles